Thread 8

Isodice (9/1/99 9:21:31 am) A time to decide

Time for discussion is over, gentlemen. Please enter here the name of the suspect you suspect is the most likely to be guilty.

Philippos (9/2/99 4:09:37 am) My verdict

Hail fellow councillors. Judgement is called for, yet we have no more than circumstance to guide use - and to accuse a man of murder is a weighty thing without proof.

I have heard it said that Antigonus and Bachyylides may have planned this deed together, with Antigonus on the stage while Bachyylides committed the murder. This makes no sense, since it leaves Antigonus without an alibi - how could he explain where he had been without admitting guilt? And would an actor risk violence against a thief in a public place?

I think it would be best for the peace of Corcyra if we announced that temple guards from Crete had pursued the thief and killed him, rescuing the statue, of which there is no trace now.

If I am wrong, then we must remember that Zeus will have his vengance for this sacrilege, and that is a fate far heavier than any we can give.

Farewell - I must go to supervise the shipment of 500 lead replica sleeping Zeus statues to my merchant associates on Crete. I also have a special deal this week on phials of Hawthorn - excellent for sore throats, but do not exceed the stated dose or your heart will stop!

Philippos

Isodice (9/2/99 10:49:25 am) Re: My verdict

Philippos, you are now and always have been a coward. Have the courage of your convictions for once in your life. Our good citizens will not fall for such an obvious avoidance of the issue.

Demetrius (9/3/99 2:14:39 pm)

The killer is.....

I believe the killer to be Bacchylides. 3 had motives surely but I think he is the guilty one.

Demetrius the banker